Professor Dennis J. Baker

Professor Dennis J. Baker (MPhil., Ph.D. Cambridge) is one of the world’s leading criminal law scholars. A prolific researcher and lecturer, Baker is widely cited by scholars and courts. His works have been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the High Court of Australia, the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, and by Court of Appeal judges in the U.K. Law Reform Commissions and Government Inquiries also have cited him. He has held tenured posts in 3 jurisdictions and some of his writings have been translated into Chinese Mandarin. Professor Baker comes to us from King’s College London where he was based for almost a decade and where he was Head of the Criminal Law and Criminal Justice group. He was also the former Chairperson of LNAT. Prior to taking up his post at King’s College London, he taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and before that at the University of Cambridge.